title: He who cannot take part in the friendly meal is half cut off from the society of man.
abstract: The history of oesophageal surgery is reviewed with particular reference to the early history of ingested foreign bodies, oesophagotomy and oesophageal stricture. Some emphasis is placed on those conditions, which are of particular significance in childhood. A brief mention is also made of the history of carcinoma fo the oesophagus.
authors.affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans